April Volunteer Opportunities

This list of Volunteer opportunities is provided by United Way of Northern Utah

Plans are already being made for the summer months at Ogden and Weber school districts. Summer school programs at Dee, Odyssey, Heritage, Madison, Mt. Ogden and Mound Fort will welcome volunteers who would like to tutor Monday through Thursday from 8 to 11:45 a.m. from June 18-August. 8.
The RAMP Summer Art Camp is searching for talented volunteers who would like to share their enthusiasm for theater, guitar,photography, creative writing and visual arts. Contact Sally Carter at United Way of Northern Utah (801-399-5584 or scarter@uwnu.org).

The Girl Scouts of Utah are planning weekly meetings for girls as an introduction to scouting. They need volunteers to serve as leaders for this five-week program. Lesson plans and materials will be provided along with a brief training before the session starts. This is an ideal position for a former Girl Scout who wants to encourage girls to join a troop in the fall. Contact June Loveless at 1-800-678-7802 ext. 12 or jloveless@gsutah.org

Volunteers needed to become a Big Brother or Big Sister and impact the lives of children in our military community. Volunteers do not replace the deployed parent, but rather provide another mentor to the child by setting a good example, doing fun activities and encouraging the development of positive social, academic and life skills. This special initiative is only available through May 1, 2012. Hill Field Elementary is the school-based affiliate for this program. To join this effort, volunteers must be 18 years or older, have a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance and be able to pass a background check. For more information or to volunteer, contact Dan at 801-313-0303 ext. 119 or go to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Utah website at www.bbbsu.org


Your Community Connection (YCC) is in need of volunteers to provide support for the Domestic Violence Shelter on weekends. Shifts are four hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All training is provided and volunteers must pass a background check. This is a minimum six-month commitment. Contact Raquel Lee at 801- 689-1702 or RLee@yccogden.org

A ONCE-A-MONTH COMMITMENT! Catholic Community Services of Northern Utah is looking for a home delivery team to volunteer only once per month delivering food boxes to six homes in the Canyon Cove area. CCS is also gearing up for the annual Postal Workers Food Drive on Saturday, May 12, where volunteers are needed at Ogden area post offices to receive donations as the mail carriers return from their routes. On Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays volunteers are still needed for general food distribution from noon to 2:30 p.m. Contact Karina Martin at 801-428-1296 or kmartin@ccsutah.org

The Eccles Community Art Center has an opening for a volunteer sales position in their gift gallery on the grounds of the center. Hours of the gift gallery are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 1 to 3 p.m. Choose as many or as few hours as you can give. Contact Liz McPherson at 801-392-6935 or liz@ogden4arts.org

Be a supervisor for Weber/Davis Habitat for Humanity’s new program, “A Brush with Kindness.” This is a program where volunteers perform affordable exterior work, landscaping, painting and minor home repairs at their own pace or as a group project. Supervisor qualifications include some home improvement and construction skills and a desire to organize a group to help others. Contact Lynn Kelley at 801-510-9201 or boydkelley@msn.com

Need a great one-day service project? The Ogden Nature Center is planning its annual Earth Day on Saturday, April 21 and needs individuals or groups to clean up the grounds, weed gardens, clear trails and volunteer the day of the event. They are also planning their summer camps and would welcome volunteers to help with their summer visitors. Contact Jenny Frame at 801-621-7595 or jframe@ogdennaturecenter.org

A research assistant is needed for data entry at the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. Contact Amy Wicks at 801-447-9360 ext. 105 or awicks@dontshake.org

Several organizations need outdoor help now that spring is here. Weber Pathways (wp@weberpathways.org) is making plans to pull weeds and clear the Rail Trail; the Junior League of Ogden (www.JLOgden.org) is planning work days for their Oasis Community Garden each month, and Cornerstone Financial Education (www.csfedu.org) is looking for a group that needs a service project to clean the building that houses Family Support Center, Cornerstone and Utah Foster Care.

Phoenix Services Corporation is an organization that empowers people who have experienced a brain injury with customized, unique and individual support so their true potential can be achieved in the community. They will be hosting a 20th celebration 5K run and breakfast in Clearfield on July 2nd. They are looking for volunteers that will serve on the event committee and volunteer the day of the race. Please contact Carrie Bambrough at 801-825-4535.

Every Person Matters - Indexing

Need another way to serve?  How about indexing?

      Indexing is a way you can others with their family history from your own home, on your own schedule.  If you would like to know more please visit Family Search.org, frequently asked questions.

From the Family Search / Indexing website:

 

Every person matters. Perhaps it’s this feeling that prompts millions to seek out their family history.
For most of us, records of our ancestors provide a link to our past. An army of volunteers from around the world is now working to make these records available to everyone.

Using FamilySearch.org, anyone who wants to help preserve this valuable family information can easily extract it from historical records and provide free searchable indexes. All of this can be done from the convenience of our own homes.

Indexing is Simple

You can help. No special skills are required. Volunteer when you have time. Just register, sign in, and follow the easy steps shown below:

1. Select a batch of 10 to 50 records to download.
2. Copy key information from the record to your computer.
3. Submit the information you’ve copied back to FamilySearch

Looking for ways to serve?

 “Too often we notice the needs around us, hoping that someone from far away will magically appear to meet those needs. … When we do this, we deprive our neighbor of the service we could render, and we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to serve.”

                                     October 2011 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Here are just a FEW of the ways you can serve locally.  There are so many different ways and places to provide service.   This portion of the blog will be dedicated to showcasing a few of them, in order to help each of us develop an attitude of service in our lives.

What you can do - The Church of Jesus-Christ of Later-day Saints - Humanitarian Services

As disciples of Jesus Christ, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strive to follow the Savior’s admonition to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, take in the stranger, clothe the naked, and visit the sick and those in prison. The Savior also taught that we are to love and care for each other and visit the fatherless and the widow in their afflictions.

The Christmas Box House International

The Christmas Box International partners with local and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children who have been abused or neglected.

Your Community Connection (YCC)

YCC of Ogden is a non-profit community based organization that assists
victims of domestic violence, rape and economic hardship. The YCC provides
shelter, food/clothing assistance and rape recovery services at no cost.

St. Anne's Shelter

St. Anne's Center was established in 1981 by a coalition of churches to help meet the basic food, clothing and shelter needs of "the poor, the transient and the needy." The current facility, built in 1994, with the generous help of the community, contains a 100 bed homeless shelter and a soup kitchen which is open daily for lunch to anyone in need.

It is also houses case workers who are dedicated to helping those in need get back on their feet by identifying their specific problems, and helping them access community resources to meet their needs. We also help those who through no fault of their own, are unable to provide for themselves and have nowhere else to turn, such as those who are mentally or physically ill.

Working in partnership with other community organizations, it is our desire to insure that no one slips through the cracks.